The Funeral of the British Jew Oss Love Hartung (11)
According to the arrangement of the funeral place of the Duke of Hatong, a grand ceremony of the lord (becoming the master) should be held in accordance with the customs and habits of the Han people in China (and an ancestral hall will be established in the Aili Garden), so as to leave a throne for the righteous sons and grandsons to be enshrined.
The Lord has always been regarded as a red thing in the white affair, the red colored balls are tied up on the altar, the red candles on the offering table are feverish, and the red carpet is spread all over the ground, as if it is a happy event. All the righteous sons and righteous daughters took off their filial piety clothes, changed into auspicious clothes, and were led to the garden gate by drum music and honor guards to greet the Hongjie (point presiding officer) and Xiangjie official (accompanying the presiding officer).
The chief officer and the accompanying officer are all "Sanding Jia" hired by the Hatong Mansion. They are all wearing Qing Dynasty official uniforms, wearing crowns and feathers, riding in the green tweed sedan chair prepared for them in advance of the funeral, and the gong in front of them opens the way, just like the Qing Dynasty officials go out on patrol.
It turned out that one was Liu Chunlin, the former champion of the late Qing Dynasty, who was the master of the pen; One is Xia Shoutian, who serves as the right title officer; The other is Tanhua Zheng Yuan, who served as the official of Zuo Xiang.
In addition, Zhang Qihou, who was the first in the second grade, was also invited, as well as several widows such as Gao Yehou and Lan Yunping, who had served in the Hanlin Academy of the Qing Dynasty, to serve as former officials, Dazan, and Xiangzan respectively.
The auspicious time has arrived, and the cannon is playing. Point presiding officer, Xiang presiding official crown, belt, in the front of the public case, by the filial son to hold the lord out of the hall, three bows and nine bows, respectfully ask the presiding officer to bless the master. The northerners, mainly in Beijing, use chicken blood to drop in the cinnabar inkstone, dip it in a new pen, and point it on the word "Lord" of "God"; But the south, including Shanghai, is to use the blood of filial piety to drop in the cinnabar inkstone to the lord. As for whether it used the blood of his righteous son George Hartung, or the blood of his righteous brother (in charge) Ji Juemi, there is no way to verify.
After the main card is counted, the main plaque is offered on the sacrificial hall and the family funeral is held. The strange thing is that the Hartung couple adopted more than 20 righteous sons and daughters, but let the so-called "righteous brother" Ji Juemi serve as the main priest. In addition to imitating the set of sacrificing Confucius and sacrificing Cangsheng, this ceremony specially invited these Hanlin Gongsan to talk about the Analects: first, "Meng Yizi asks for filial piety"; the second lecture "Ziyou asks filial piety"; Three stresses on "Zixia asks filial piety". The second lecture is an excerpt from the Book of Filial Piety. Finally, the "Song and Poetry Troupe" composed of students from Cangsheng Primary School recited a passage from the Book of Songs, "Mourning for parents, giving birth to me".
After the ceremony, Hatong Mansion put four dry, four fresh, four pastries, and four cold meat in the VIP reception room, and entertained several elders, such as the chief official, the chief official, the former introduction official, Dazan, and Xiangzan.
During the banquet, George Harbour's son, his daughter, and Ji Juemi, who was in charge, knelt down and bowed to the table in turn, and the Qingyin fine music played carefully on the side to participate in the salute. Finally, Ji Juemi, on behalf of Hatong Mansion, presented a red envelope of 10,000 yuan of "Fei Jing" silver yuan to Liu Chunlin, the chief official of the point; presented "Fei Jing" 5,000 yuan to Xia Shoutian and Zheng Yuan, the chief officials of Xiang; He also gave 3,000 yuan to several Hanlin princes such as the former Yinguan, Dazan, and Xiangzan. Prizes were also distributed to teahouses, cooks, deacons, palanquins, trumpeters, and painters.